Illinois Central Stockholders Elect Four Directors
Illinois Central stockholders concluded a long control struggle by electing four directors at the annual meeting. E. H. Harriman and John Jacob Astor were re elected, J G Hackstall filled the unexpired term, and Joseph F Titus to succeed Stuyvesant Fish, with J Ogden Armour slated to join soon. The meeting fell short of required votes to ratify two branch line purchases Kensington and Eastern and Memphis and State Line, while stockowner Fish did not attend.
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Chicago
Ulinois Central
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H. Harriman
John Jacob Astor
J .G. Hackstall
John C.welling
Joseph F. Titus
Mr. Titus
Harahan
J. Ogden Armour
Mr.Armour
Board of Directors
Gmail
Kensington & Eastern
Memphis & State Line
Kensington
Hammond
Ind
Illlinoiss Central
Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central
Fish
New Orleans
Miss Harriman a Bride in New York Society Wedding
Miss Cornelia Farriman Harriman wed Robert Livingstone Gerry in a noon ceremony in New York. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Harriman, and the groom is the son of Sommodire and Mrs. Elbridge Gary of New York.
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Commercial Tribune
NW York
Cornelia Farriman
H. Harriman
Robert Livingstone Gerry
Sommodire
Elbridge’. Gary
New York
Daring Girl Killed by Looped The Loop Act
Nineteen year old Mitzel Morok died after a pistol misfire during a tea pouring incident. Antoinette Deframe was arrested on homicide charges. Morok had performed with circuses for several seasons and planned to travel to Chicago for next season rehearsals.
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Mitzel Morok
Commercial Tribune
New York
Miss Antoinette Defframe
Miss Morok
Miss Delframe
Mysterious stabbing leads police to seek Griffin
A man named George Bader was brought to City Hospital after a stabbing in which the injured party, Henry Landy, gave the name George Griffin. Griffin’s wife said Griffin stabbed Landy during a hallway altercation over money, but police suspect another motive and are still seeking Griffin.
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George Bader
George Griffin
Central Avenue
Henry Landy
Gramann
Schaefer
Griffin
Sandy
Landy
Taft Aids Massachusetts Dinner Endorsing Taft for President
A large audience at Symphony Hall heard Secretary of War Taft Elmer Burkett Nebraska Governor Guild and Lt Governor Draper at the Republican Club of Massachusetts annual dinner. Guild endorsed Taft for president and Draper for governor while denying any vice presidential nomination plans. Taft responded to a New York critic and urged unity.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Symphony Hall
Taft
United States
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Guild
E. 8. Draper
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Draper
Republicans Name Delegates to National Convention in Kansas
Lawrence Kansas March 3 The Republicans of the Second Kansas Congressional District named O P Peterson and A Bigelow as delegates to the National convention and instructed them to vote for Taft.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrence
Kan
Second
Kansas
O. P. Peterson
A. Bigelow
Taft
Sixth District Republican Convention Chooses Delegates
In Birmingham Alabama the Seventh Congressional District Republican Convention at Attala chose J J Curtis and W G Ashey as delegates to the National convention. The Davidson faction withdrew and held its own convention electing two uninstructed delegates.
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Commercial Tribune
Birmingham
Ala
Attala
J. J. Curtis
W. G. Ashey
Taft
Davidson
Taft Delegates Chosen by Fourth District Republicans
In Osage City Kansas on March 3 the Fourth Congressional District Republican convention elected A C Wheeler and Harry Hagerman as delegates to the National convention and instructed them to back William H Taft for the nomination.
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Commercial Tribune
Osage City
Kan
Fourth Congressional District
A. C. Wheeler
Harry Hagerman
William H. Taft
Kentucky House passes McChord tobacco bill in push to State police power
Frankfort March 3 The McChord tobacco bill cleared the Kentucky House 66 to 21 and moves to the Senate. It places the State tobacco industry under police power, aims to drive the American Tobacco Company from Kentucky, and backed by growers societies. Debate included criticism of expanded state control amid calls to curb lawlessness. The session also advanced a school book price repeal and outlined a Senate battle over the county unit bill. Lieutenant Governor Cox announces candidacy for Republican National Committeeman.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Senate
Agricul
Wallace
Louisville
Society of Equity
Friends of the County Unit
Senate Committee On Kentucky
W. H. Cox
Republican National
Resolutions Committee
Andrew L. Harrig
Tobacco grower driven from Augusta by 50 man group
Philip Schildt an independent tobacco grower on Dutch Ridge pike near Augusta was told to leave the county by fifty men who arrived last night. He moved his household goods and tobacco to Maysville this morning. Schildt had refused to sign tobacco contracts and criticized the American Society of Equity and its members since the January visit by the organization.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Philip Schildt
Dutch Ridge Pike
Schildt
Maysville
American Society of Equity
Military company arrives to bolster Western Kentucky defense
An entire Whitesburg company arrived in Hopkinsville and reported to Major Albrecht who leads the mountaineer militia guarding Western Kentucky against night rider threats. One indictment has been returned against Robert Wood for writing threatening letters signed Night Riders.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Whitesburg
Albrecht
Mountaineer
Kentucky
Robert Wood
Warnings Found In Nicholas County Mail Boxes
Notices with matches attached warning farmers in Nicholas County not to grow tobacco were discovered in two rural free delivery mail boxes. The notes, torn from a memorandum book, were found by a carrier and sent to the Postoffice Department.
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Commercial Tribune
Carlisle
Nicholas County
Postoffice
Citizens raise 1000 dollars for terror letter case reward
At a meeting in Lexington on March 3 a $1,000 reward fund was placed with the Montgomery County Society of Equity to aid arrest and conviction of those sending threatening anonymous letters signed Tenants and Outsider to Montgomery County residents.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
D of Control
Montgomery County Society of Equity
Montgomery County
Blanche Walsh Taken Critically Ill En Route to Sanitarium
Dispatches from Shreveport say actress Blanche Walsh is critically ill in New Orleans after a nervous breakdown. A private car was ordered to speed her to a Memphis sanitarium where she had expected to perform in Shreveport tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Shreveport
Blanche Walsh
Memphis
Order Issued To Aid the Country of Anarchists
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor issued a sweeping order to all Commissioners of Immigration and immigration inspectors directing cooperation with police and Secret Service chiefs to identify and deport alien anarchists and criminals. The order outlines required information on arrival dates, origins, and transportation lines to facilitate deportation under the 1907 act. It also calls for definitions of anarchist and criminal as used in immigration law and emphasizes three year window from arrest for evidence.
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Straus
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Today
United States
Secret Service
Secret
Ohio Republicans Oust Foraker Allies From State Central Board
In Columbus the Ohio GOP at its state convention reconstituted the state central committee with Taft allies prevailing. Foraker and Dick supporters were removed. Walter Brown was re elected chairman and Wade Ellis eyed as permanent chair. Taft cheers dominated as the party lines shifted toward Taft alignment in advance of the next statewide and national contests.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
William Hy
Taft
Foraker
Di¢ék
State Central Committee
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Malcolm Karsh
Ner
Wade H. Ellis
United States Senate
Walter Brown
S. Palmer
Columbus Republican Glee Club
Billy Taft
Glee Club
Brown
James R. Garfield
Secret of the Interior
R. E. Schaet
Garfield
TOGAGGO DEALERD TESTIFY FOR TRUST
Samuel Block of Black Bros. & Co. testifies at the government’s hearing to dissolve the American Tobacco Company. He says his independent firm has no trouble selling goods or securing raw materials. Herbert Deiches of Deiches’ Sons testifies that they buy cigars and tobacco from both the American Tobacco Company and independents, and that the A T C made no effort to stop purchases from independents.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Samuel *S Block
Black Bros. & Co
4000 More Men to Fight Moors Paris
Paris dispatch reports the Cabinet approved sending 4000 additional soldiers to Morocco to press the aggressive policy and rest weary troops. Parliament will be asked to appropriate 500000 dollars for relief and improvements in Mo Trecco.
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Paris
Morocco
Mo- Trecco
Bank Robbery at Mt. Orab Stuns Village in Ohio
Four or five masked robbers blasted the Mt. Orab Bank vault with nitro glycerine and escaped with about $3,000 in currency and securities. The blast shook the town as citizens chased the band toward Fayetteville. police and guards pursued, insurance valued at $3,500.
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Ing
Mt. Orab
Cincinnati
N&w
R-’ Ry
Brown Hotel
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Pike
Wickerham
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